I have had a LOT of free time lately. Turns out getting laid off can do that to you. So while this means trains funds are essentially nothing (read: actually nothing) it also means that I can do what I can with what I have. Which is a lot actually! There is seriously a huge list of things to do.
Right now I am working on the scenery. I added some hills of extruded foam and coated about half of the layout in brown paint. I am most of the way done covering everything in a layer of Woodland Scenics Green Blend fine turf as a base layer. There will be several more layers of scenery to come. I also will be adding the ballast to the yard while I do the rest of the scenery. The basics can be seen in the below picture. Hopefully I can get some better pictures and process explanations up later this week.
In addition to all of this, I used what was left of the train budget (and some begging of the CFO) on a new engine at the local train show. I like supporting the vendors at the Greater Houston Area Train Show as they are typically small time guys and they have great prices and even better customer service. I bought the below engine for only $50. They are going for over double that on eBay... Anyways, this Athearn SD45 is a great runner. I have some extra details laying around that I can spruce it up with. It is also pretty close to the base black color I want the railroad to have.
I will have to cover up the PRR logos, but I will hopefully be able to do that soon. I downloaded a free Vector file program called Inkscape. It will be used to design some custom decals that several fellow modelers on the internet will print for a nominal fee. That will be so much simpler than putting on individual letters...
Until next time!
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